Box Office Report: Angels & Demons Barely Conquers Star Trek

What a huge summer it is shaping up to be! Week one saw Wolverine hit $85 million opening weekend. Week two witnessed the rebirth of the Star Trek franchise with $79 million in its’ first weekend. Now The Da Vinci Code sequel Angels & Demons hit theaters this past Friday with an expected gross of around $46 million. This pales in comparison to the $77 million that Da Vinci Code opened with in 2006, but it was still enough to top the weekend box office. Ron Howard’s adaptation of the Dan Brown novel may have ruled the box office but it barely beat the starship enterprise which made a whopping $43 million in its’ second week of release. This was a decline of only 42% from its’ opening and after only two weeks of release J. J Abrams’ Star Trek has grossed an impressive $147 million.

Here is what the rest of the weekend box office looked like:

Falling another 43% in week three X-Men Origins: Wolverine made another $14 million which puts its’ total gross thus far at a strong $150 million.

The romantic comedy Ghosts of Girlfriends Past has seen a successful run in the midst of all these big budget summer films. The Matthew Mcconaughey rom com made another $6 million for a fourth place finish.

Rounding out the top five was the Beyonce thriller Obsessed which brought in another $4.5 million taking its’ gross to over $60 million.

Next weekend is gearing up to be a huge Memorial Day holiday for the box office. The Ben Stiller sequel Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian arrives on Friday and the day before that is Christian Bale in Terminator Salvation. Look for these two movies to completely tear up the box office. With something for kids and adults this should be a record breaking weekend. Look for our full coverage next weekend with our box office report.